How can I provide feedback on Managed WordPress?

Please take a look at this FAQ section first. Once you have done that, we look forward to your feedback in the comments below.

Can I install plugins under Managed WordPress myself?

Yes, you can install additional plugins*. Managed WordPress also includes a selection of great plugins chosen and tested by our experts. This selection is optimized for your website type so you always have direct access to exactly the right plugins to provide optimal support for your project.

Our team is constantly checking all plugins for compatibility, optimal interaction and performance to ensure that all plugins and themes on your website are always perfectly coordinated.

Defining a specific selection of plugins is one of the ways we achieve the high performance, compatibility and quality of Managed WordPress.

*Existing installations will receive this feature automatically in the coming weeks.

Can I install themes under Managed WordPress myself?

Yes, you can install additional themes*. Managed WordPress also includes a selection of the best themes for a variety of website types. For the selection of themes, we have evaluated not only the features and design, but especially the performance and quality of the code.

Our team is constantly checking all themes for compatibility, optimal interaction with plugins and performance to ensure that all plugins and themes on your website are always perfectly coordinated.

Defining a specific selection of themes is one of the ways we achieve the high performance, compatibility and quality of Managed WordPress.

*Existing installations will receive this feature automatically in the coming weeks.

Will more plugins and themes be supported in the future?

Our team is constantly evaluating new plugins and themes. If we find a plugin or theme with the necessary quality, performance and reliability, we will have Managed WordPress recommend it in the future.

However, our goal is still always to offer you and all other users quality instead of quantity. This is the only way to achieve the simplicity and great user experience we want to offer you with Managed WordPress.

How can I connect my domain to Managed WordPress?

After installation, your website uses a free, temporary domain. Only with a real domain will your website be complete and get found better in search engines.

You can connect your domain right in the WordPress admin area of your website:

In the WordPress admin area, select Settings > General Settings in the sidebar and then enter 1&1 App Center as the WordPress address (URL).

What does the WP Wizard offer?

With the WP Wizard, you set up your website in just minutes. The wizard recommends themes and plugins for your website type.

Whether you want to create a blog, photo gallery, company or personal website, you can get started with the right themes and plugins right away.

WordPress dashboard with 1&1 WP Wizard completed:

Of course you can always adjust your selection later, for example by changing your theme or activating additional plugins.

What are website types?

Selecting a website type means selecting the subject of your website or project.
Every website type then offers you a selection of themes and plugins our experts have optimized for this subject.

Of course, you can always change your website type later.

Is Managed WordPress more secure than installing WordPress myself?

WordPress is generally a secure system, but in order to ensure this security, it has to be updated promptly and on a regular basis. Not only the WordPress software, but also plugins and themes could contain security holes.

If you have installed WordPress yourself, you have to update your system independently and ensure that all the plugins and themes you use are secure and up to date.

With Managed WordPress, we handle updates of your WordPress software and monitor plugins and themes for security holes.
If we detect security holes in plugins and themes, we take the appropriate actions to protect you.

Is Managed WordPress more reliable than installing my own WordPress?

If you have installed your own WordPress, the reliability of your website is up to you. You select your own plugins and themes, and check them for compatibility, performance and security.

With Managed WordPress, our team is constantly checking all plugins and themes on your website for compatibility, optimal interaction and performance. The result is a very reliable website you can count on.

This way, you can focus on your content and ideas!

Is Managed WordPress faster than if I install WordPress myself?

The speed or performance of your website depends on many different factors. In addition to the actual web server and additional features such as a CDN, the quality of themes and plugins has a great effect on how fast your website loads.

For this reason, our team has tested the performance of all themes and plugins. This means that Managed WordPress always offers you top performance with fast loading for your visitors.

In other words, Managed WordPress combines powerful hardware with optimized software for extremely short loading times.

What is the difference between Managed WordPress and a standard WordPress installation?

With the standard WordPress installation in the 1&1 App Center, you install conventional WordPress in the latest version. You have full flexibility, but also full responsibility, and update your website, plugins and themes yourself.

With Managed WordPress, you install the latest version of WordPress. We handle updates of your WordPress software and monitor plugins and themes for security holes.
If we detect security holes in plugins and themes, we take the appropriate actions to protect you.

Our team is constantly checking all plugins and themes on your website for compatibility, optimal interaction and performance. The result is a very reliable website that gives you the time you need to focus on what you love: your ideas and great content.

Can I convert my Managed WordPress website to a standard installation?

You can convert your Managed WordPress website to a standard installation at any time.

To do so, go to the 1&1 App Center and select the Switch to standard mode option in the overview of your Managed WordPress website. Please note that you can then no longer change it back.

After the switch, you can install and modify plugins and themes yourself, but you are also responsible for your own WordPress updates.

Can I convert a standard installation to a Managed WordPress installation?

One great advantage of Managed WordPress is the optimized selection of themes and plugins. Standard installations combine different themes and plugins, some of which may not meet the requirements of Managed WordPress. For this reason, we cannot offer a switch from standard installations to Managed WordPress at this time.

What is the difference between Managed WordPress and WordPress Safe Mode?

In addition to the automatic WordPress updates you know from Safe Mode, Managed WordPress offers an enhanced 1&1 WP Wizard that allows you to set up your website within just a few minutes after installation. The wizard recommends themes and plugins that experts have selected and are continuously reviewing for your website type.

Managed WordPress offers you a combination of powerful hardware with optimized software and expert recommendations. This means that only Managed WordPress offers you the perfect place for your biggest ideas. With Managed WordPress, you simply create fantastic websites.

What will happen to my existing Safe Mode installations?

You can continue to use existing Safe Mode installations or convert them to a standard installation.

Managed WordPress packages

This section provides answers to the most common questions regarding the Managed WordPress packages.

Advantages of Managed WordPress Packages over Other Web Hosting Packages

The Managed WordPress packages offer you a platform optimized for WordPress:

Is PHP 7 Supported for Other Applications and Self-Installed Websites, Too?

At the moment PHP 7 is tested and activated by default exclusively for Managed WordPress. For other applications we recommend you PHP 5.6 (November 2015), which offers best compatibility and reliability.

For example, Joomla! is running stable on PHP 7 only from version 3.5.

Can I Switch from Another Web Hosting Package to a Managed WordPress Package?

Switching to a Managed WordPress package is not possible at the moment.

Can I Switch from a Managed WordPress Package to Another Web Hosting Package?

You can switch to a higher-value Managed WordPress package at any time.

Switching to another web hosting package is not possible at the moment.

Can I Use Managed WordPress in Other Packages?

You can easily activate Managed WordPress in many web hosting packages during the installation of a WordPress website via the 1&1 App Center.

What Offers the Pre-Live Stage?

The pre-live stage offers you the opportunity to take your time setting up your website and testing it on a free temporary domain.

When connecting your website with your desired domain, this is made available for search engines immediately and therefore, it can be indexed by Google and other search engines.

Only then your website will be found via search engines.

What Security Features Offers Managed WordPress?

We automatically protect your website in the background using DDoS Protection (that means, protection against Denial of Service attacks) based on the high-performance NGINX open-source web server and adapted mod_security rules – without you noticing or having to do something in this direction.

Are Security Features, such as 1&1 DDoS Protection and mod_security Active for Other Applications and Self-Installed Websites?

Yes, all applications or websites on your webspace are protected through the extended DDoS Protection based on NGINX and adapted mod_security rules.

All mod_security rules for applications from the 1&1 App Center are also active for self-installed websites with these applications.

I can not access neither to my website nor my backend since the wordpress 4.4 update made by 1&1 (“Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp() in /homepages/[…]”). Could you please help me ?
Best regards
Julie

I am very sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you! I am happy to investigate this issue further if you’d like to email me directly at brittany@1and1.com with your account information. Thanks so much and I hope to hear from you soon!

I am using the Managed WordPress option and chosen the “Responsive” theme. This generates the following error
“Sorry, but you do not have the correct permissions to install the Responsive Add Ons, iFeature Slider and inSite for WP: Personalization Made Easy plugins. Contact the administrator of this site for help on getting the plugins installed.”

When I click on the Theme Options on the main dashboard menu I get the following error
Error thrown

Function name must be a string

I do not understand why I am getting these errors when the theme was supposedly specially chosen and “Our team is constantly checking all themes for compatibility, optimal interaction with plugins and performance to ensure that all plugins and themes on your website are always perfectly coordinated.”

Hello,
When I let 1&1 manage my WordPress site, I can’t add a meta keyword and meta description to my site. When I add a tagline in general setting, my site appear with a meta description, but the site title is so long and the SEO quality is so bad. Is there any ways for me to customize the SEO setting? I don’t want to switch to standard.
Thank you for reading!

theoretically, you can install all plugins you want in a new Managed WordPress installation. If they are working smoothly is another point. 😉 Please also keep in mind that not every plugin works well with every WordPress or PHP version.

But there is no blacklist existing with plugins we wouldn’t allow to use (of course you shouldn’t use cracked premium plugins).

I currently have a domain with 1&1 and I’m looking to adjust my contract to a 1&1 Managed WP Basic account, but don’t want to purchase the contract without knowing how/if I can connect up my current domain.

Said domain is also currently mapped to my WordPress account via WP. I’m fairly new to this, and so was wondering if I could have some pointers on what to do next.

I already have a static website in my hosting with you. I have purchased a new domain and want a 2nd site, but this one will use WordPress. When using the automated 1&1 WordPress setup, does the installation install WordPress in a new directory? And, if so, which one?

your new Managed WordPress will be automatically installed in a automatically created sub-folder which is separated from all the other files on your webspace. With doing this, we can ensure that your static website in the root folder is still working. 🙂

Hi
I would like to use the best-selling Avada or X-Theme premium themes (from Themeforest) for my new Managed WordPress project, but you seem only to offer premium themes from another vendor. Have you validated Avada or X-Theme for Managed WordPress? How to I go about installing one of these premium themes?
Thanks

Thanks, Michael.
Is there a list of premium themes that 1&1 has evaluated? I’d like to use one but I would like be sure that it is fully compatible with 1&1 Managed WordPress, especially re. fast loading and SEO. Thanks.

We have no recommendations or evaluations lists for premium themes, I am sorry.

If you want to be sure that it’s working 100%, you might test it- and if it’s not working like you expected, you still have the choice to switch your Managed WordPress into a standard WordPress installation.

I set up a managed word press site over a month ago I have been unable to transfer my domain name to this package and have had to rely on a redirect from my domain to the temporary address. Several calls to your helpline say that there is a technical issue and no one can tell me when this will be rectified. In the meantime I have a website that has a temp url not a very professional image and less than professional support from 1&1

I don’t really want to involve myself with all manual updates and all, but I also want to be able to use a wide array of plugins – most of which I am sure are widely used.

So, Can I install plugins of my choice for managed wordpress..for example – I want to use the SEOPressor plugin for my site and a few other.
Also, if a particular plugin is not supported, will support look into it if I request for it?

most 3rd party plugins should work with ManagedWordPress. But we cannot guarantee it or give support for it (there are so, so many of them on the market). If you want to ensure that all your plugins work properly, a WordPress standard installation would be the best choice, despite the fact of manual updates.

I’ve transferred my wordpress.com to the 1and1 managed wordpress.org, but the page URLs now include “apps-1and1”. I haven’t published the .org site yet. Will the permanent URLs include the “apps-1and1”? Any way to remove that? Thanks.